BBC News: US & Canada

2 February 2013 Last updated at 22:11 ET

Obama shooting picture released

The White House tweets a picture of Barack Obama skeet-shooting - seemingly to settle a row about whether the president had fired a gun before.

Turkish police arrest nine people after a female US tourist who disappeared 10 days ago is found dead in Istanbul, reports say.

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt uses a new book to call China an Internet menace that backs cyber-crime for economic and political gain, reports say.

The race for the White House

Dow at five-year high on jobs data

The main US share index closes on Friday at a five-year high, buoyed by data showing the economy added more jobs than previously estimated at the end of 2012.
US attempts to block beer merger

Miles from home

Has Hillary’s journey ended, or is more to come?
Set for the Super Bowl

Photographer Stephen McLaren's explores New Orleans
Tweets of the week

Space monkey, Hagel and Koch in 140 characters or fewer
Superdome returns Watch

New Orleans' Super Bowl venue is restored after Katrina
Playing to win

How the Super Bowl can influence investors
"How'm I doin'?"

New York's outspoken former mayor Ed Koch remembered
Thumbs up

World media pleased with new US secretary of state
Hijab for a day

Non-Muslim women who try the headscarf